Year 2, Day 320

Typically, when Miles wakes up in the morning, he'll start requesting to watch something on TV. "Elmo." "Daniel." "Mickey!" These are common requests. But today he indicated that he wanted to watch something different. "What do you want to watch?" Jaclyn asked him. "Uh-fuhbuhl!" he replied, pointing at the TV. Yes, only now, at the … Continue reading Year 2, Day 320 →

Year 2, Day 288

When one of your idols fills in for Vanna on Wheel of Fortune.

Year 2, Day 266

Today, as has been the case most afternoons over the last week, Miles came home and requested not Elmo, not Clifford, but Star Wars to play while he eats his dinner. He's now seen the first 30 or so minutes of the original movie four or five times. After dinner tonight, Miles darted into our … Continue reading Year 2, Day 266 →

Year 2, Day 260

Streaming services are a dime a dozen at this point, and we subscribe to no less than six of them. But today was Disney+ Day, bringing with it a deluge of content that, as a consumer and a parent, I am more than ready to surrender my free will to. Before leaving for my trivia … Continue reading Year 2, Day 260 →

Year 2, Day 158

"Melmo," Miles said during dinner tonight. "No," I told him. "Elmo is unavailable right now. We're going to watch something different." "Something different" was the 1937 Astaire/Rogers classic Shall We Dance, which showed up in the Criterion Collection library a couple weeks back. I figured Miles would at least be into all of the music, … Continue reading Year 2, Day 158 →

Year 2, Day 143

When your son uses whatever he can get his hands on to try conjuring Elmo.

Year 2, Day 136

Despite yesterday's post, Miles had little choice today other than to accept me as his sole provider and responsible party, as his mother was in Raleigh overnight for work. As we left daycare, I did my best to fill Miles in on the current situation. "Your mom isn't here tonight." "Memmo!" he immediately replied. I … Continue reading Year 2, Day 136 →

Year 2, Day 132

I remember a time not so long ago when I was delighted by Miles's ability to recognize and articulate the name of Sesame Street's resident ginger-haired, perpetual two-year-old Muppet. Those days are gone. Today at the grocery store, Jaclyn was shopping for baby food and Miles suddenly spotted a squeeze pouch with Elmo (or "Memmo" … Continue reading Year 2, Day 132 →

Year 2, Day 41: Baby’s First WrestleMania!

We are blessed to have a friend in our lives, Mike, whose birthday annually coincides with the hallowed tradition that is WrestleMania and hosts a viewing party for friends from far and wide to join him in basking for several hours in the glory that is hulking, costumed men and women colliding with each other … Continue reading Year 2, Day 41: Baby’s First WrestleMania! →

Day 286

We limit (as in "almost never allow") Miles's television time, but today, with Jaclyn out at the gym and grocery shopping, I introduced Miles to Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Whether it was the music, the frenetic graphics, or the delightful cast, Miles was as attentive as I've ever seen him. Bonus: it's also a … Continue reading Day 286 →